British Prime Minister Theresa May says the UK government will consider compensating members of the so-called “Windrush generation” following fierce criticism over a scandal involving black Caribbean immigrants.
May said on Friday that Britain will consider compensating members of the Windrush generation — African-Caribbean people who immigrated to Britain after World War ll as cheaper labor — who may have suffered after being wrongly labeled as illegal entrants.
Thousands of workers from the Caribbean region near Central America were invited to Britain to compensate for labor shortages between 1948 and 1971, but some of their descendants have been caught up in a tightening of immigration rules.
In some cases they have been denied health services, prevented from working or even threatened with deportation
“The UK will do whatever it takes, including where appropriate payment of compensation, to resolve the anxieties and problems…